The Powerful Don't Make Revolutions

On This Twelfth Day Of My Diet I Would Rather Die Satiated Than Slim.

Live As If You Like Yourself, And It May Happen.

Troubles Cured You Salty As A Country Ham, Smoky To The Taste, Thick-skinned And Tender Inside.

Every Poet Has A Certain Amount Of "stuff." That's What You Draw From For Imagery. The More Stuff You Know Well, Not Simply Intellectually But Sensually, Emotionally, Intimately, The Wider The Pool From Which You Draw.

The Pitcher Cries For Water To Carry And A Person For Work That Is Real.